The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-07
DRINKING MEN.
How They arc Regarded By the Nan Ss'
htnd the Bar.

hind the BAR.
The bartender OF q popular rendez.
vous leaned gracefully over the bar dur
ing the slaek hours OF business the 9th.
er day and discussed his customers with
o reporter.
II notice that men nowadays order
exactly what they want, he said, toy
ing gently with his blonde mustache,
while the reporter transferred Glove
from the glass to his mouth. "Three
or four years ago man looked more
or less ashamed Of himself when he or
dered lemonade or settler. His COM
panions usually demonstrated with or
made fun of him, and he generally Of
fered some sort of ~ apology to the
bartender for ordering non-intoxicat-
ing drink. This was particularly SO with
young business men, clerks and poll
ticians. They ordered brandy smash
es, plain brandy, whisky punches,
plain whisky or some other heavy drink.
OF course, one-half of them didn't want
it. You can't stand behind bar long
before you find out that large percent
age of the men who are led up to the
bar to drink would rather have nothing
at all than liquor of any sort. Very
many men have scruples against drink
ing hard liquor, and others find that it
goes against them to drink brandy or
whisky before dinner. Still the major
ity of them used to drink their whisky
straight ard say nothing. When first
went into the business, fifteen years
ago, we used to pass out the whisky
bottle and glasses without asking o
question. If the man wanted anything
eliza, ho would push the bottle back and
give his order. In those days, if party
Of young men. went into o barroom and
ordered lemonade, the barkeeper felt
aggrieved and the bystanders made fun
Of him. Nowadays, however, everything
is changed. No one thinks anything
when two or three OF group OF men
order lemonade, settler or apollinaris
at the bar.
"The simon pure American barroom,
too, is rapidly going out Of fashion.
Men no longer enjoy rushing into room
and taking drink standing. They
have more time now than they had ten
years ago and like to sit down and chat
with their friends over sherry chickens,
bees wings &C. A place with COM
Portable chairs and tables catches the
customers now, and the modern restau-
rants and cafes, where they can peace
fully sit out OF sight of the general pub
lie, do the most business. Their rooms
are always filed.
"In my opinion drinkers are not 80
numerous as they used to be. The man
who came in for his cocktail every morn
ing before breakfast or luncheon, and
the man who took four or Ave good
drinks of whiskey every day no longer
exists to the extent they did ten years
ago. The fact Is, hsbitual drinking over
the bar is not fashionable nowadays.
Men drink more at dinner than they
used to, and only drink away from homo
for the fun of the thing. The whole
sale absorption of liquor has gone out
of style. Now and then q party OF stu
dents or clerks 60 to place and drink
until they can hold no more, but this is
very seldom. OF course there are 9TH
ers among the laboring classes who de-
liberately make up their minds to get
"full,' and go about it in business like
way and drink to excess, but they are
now comparatively few."-Troy Tele'
gram.